Adding Non-Medical Prescribers - Scotland only

You can set up the following Non-Medical Prescribers in Scotland:

1. From the Vision 3 front screen, select Management Tools - Control Panel - File Maintenance.
2. Select Staff .
3. Now, either:
   • Select Add , or
   • Right click on Active and select Add Staff.
4. Complete the Personal tab as appropriate, see Adding Other Clinical Staff for details if required.
5. Select the Professional tab, select the appropriate Role and complete as follows:
   Advanced Nurse Practitioners

   • Prescribing No - Enter the appropriate Prescribing number, usually a unique 5 letter code for each practice worked at, for example 'NANGY'.

   • Handwritten exempt - Tick.

   • Supplementary Prescriber / Independant Presc - Tick as appropriate for the prescriber.

   • Employed by:

     • Employed by Practice - Tick if your practice employs this nurse.

     • Employer - Select from the available list as appropriate:

       

   Pharmacist

   • Prescribing No - Enter the appropriate Prescribing number, usually a unique 7 letter code for each practice worked at, for example '1234567'.

   • Handwritten exempt - Tick.

   • Supplementary Prescriber / Independant Presc. - Tick as appropriate for the prescriber.

   • Employed by:

     • Employed by Practice - Tick if your practice employs this pharmacist.

     • Employer - Select from the available list as appropriate:

       

   Paramedics, Chiropodist/Podiatrists, Dietitians and Physiotherapists

   • Prescribing No - Enter the appropriate Prescribing number. This is a 7 digit code, usually a unique code for each practice worked at, for example '1234567'.

   • Supplementary Prescriber / Independant Presc. - Tick as appropriate for the prescriber.

   • Employed by:

     • Employed by Practice - Tick if your practice employs this prescriber.

     • Employer - Select from the available list as appropriate.

6. Now, select the Identifiers tab, select Add and complete as follows:

   Advanced Nurse Practitioners

   • NMC Registration Number - Complete as follows:

     • Identifier Type - Select NMC PIN.

     • Identifier Value - Enter the staff members NMC registration number, a mixture of letters and numbers with the nnannnna format, where a is a letter and n is a number. This Identifier is the same for every practice the staff member works in:

       

   Pharmacist

   • GPhC Number - Complete as follows:

     • Identifier Type - Select GPhC Number.

     • Identifier Value - Enter the staff members GPhC number, a 7 digit code starting with a 2. This Identifier is the same for every practice the staff member works in:

       

   Paramedics, Chiropodist/Podiatrists, Dietitians and Physiotherapists

   • HCPC Number - Complete as follows:

     • Identifier Type - Select HCPC Number.

     • Identifier Value - Enter the staff members unique identifier number. These are made up as follows, where n is a number:

       • Paramedic - PAnnnnn

       • Chiropodist/Podiatrists - CHnnnnn

       • Dietitian - DTnnnnn

       • Physiotherapist - PHnnnnn

         Note - An HCPC Number may consists of five or six numbers, for example 'PH12345' or 'PH123456', depending on the number of prescribers on the register.

7. Select OK to save the Identifier.

8. Select OK again to save the staff record.